Looking for the Living Among the Dead
The second church I pastored was a small church of about two hundred in worship in the Rio Grande Valley. The week before my first Easter the Chairperson of the Board came to my office to ask me what turned out to be a very important question (not all of his questions were worth asking). […]
Another Myth Buster – “We Are Becoming Two Churches”
Your response to my blog post “Looking for Myth Busters” has been good. In fact, I have received more personal email than responses on my blog. Here is one response by email that adds one more critical myth that we need to deal with: “WE’RE NOW TWO CHURCHES SINCE WE STARTED THAT #@%$@ CONTEMPORARY SERVICE!” […]
Hijacked by Modernity, Democracy, and Robert’s Rules of Order
What ever happened to the guidance of the Holy Spirit when it comes to making decisions in the church? Do we really believe that voting on something is the way to go? Shouldn’t we be trying to discern God’s will rather than the will of the congregation? Are academic credentials really more important than charismatic, […]
Questions that Matter
I am coaching a guy who is doing his best to turn around an established church. We all know that turning a church around is one of the most difficult tasks on the planet, and it requires more skill than just about anything I know of. While we were talking, he shared with me six […]
Looking for Myth Busters
There are a few myths I keep running into that I feel are hurting churches’ chances of reaching the unreached population in the US. So I thought I would share five of the biggest myths I’ve heard lately. Myth One: An acoustic service is a great way to reach new people. The fact is that […]
Loving Your Church to Death … Or to Growth
At my age I have a good bit of experience with love. I’ve been married a good long while, I have five children, and I have seven grandchildren … so far. And so I can say with a certainty that you can love your church to growth, and you can love your church to death. […]